General Art category: 18772 books
The Art of Setting Stones
& Other Writings from the Japanese Garden
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
In Japanese gardens, composition follows from placement of the first stone; all elements and plantings become interconnected. These eight essays on Kyoto gardens similarly begin with keen description and build into richly meditative excursions into art, Buddhism, nature, and science. Landscape architect...
by Steven Bigham
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2015
This book is a collection of studies on the general theme of Orthodox icons. 1) As the title of the book indicates, the first article deals with the similarity between religious images of the Romanesque period (900-1200) in Western Europe and Orthodox icons. As the difference between icons and later...
Learning About Art
Art Ideas for Primary School Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2013
Kerry Walsh is married with three children. She has an art studio in Minto NSW, and exhibits her art regularly throughout the Sydney region. She completed a Visual Arts degree with honours before going on to study for a Master of Creative Arts honours degree with the University of Western Sydney....
by Jonalyn Crisologo, John Davidson
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Drawing Dragons - How to Draw Mythical Creatures for the Beginner
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART I | Dragons: General Facts and Fiction
Dragons in European Mythology
Dragons in Asian Culture
Dragons in Mysticism and Religion
The Dragon Realm
Aliens and Dragons
Rebirth of Dragons in Modern...
Teaching Motion Design
Course Offerings and Class Projects from the Leading Graduate and Undergraduate Programs
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
How motion design is taught in more than 45 leading programs. * Detailed syllabi and descriptions of class projects and assignments * Go-to guide for professors and teachers planning their courses * Course plans from School of Visual Arts, Ohio State, Rochester Institute of Technology, many other...
Art by the Book
Painting Manuals and the Leisure Life in Late Ming China
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Sometime before 1579, Zhou Lujing, a professional writer living in a bustling commercial town in southeastern China, published a series of lavishly illustrated books, which constituted the first multigenre painting manuals in Chinese history. Their popularity was immediate and their contents and format...
by Steve Caplin
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2008
Fancy designing your own classic and contemporary movie posters, books and magazine covers?
Feel like turning your photographs into works by Turner, Matisse and Magritte?
Want to create illustrations in the styles of The Simpsons, steampunk and Victorian engravings?
Then you need...
Japanese Woodblock Prints
Artists, Publishers and Masterworks: 1680 - 1900
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Japanese woodblock prints, or ukiyo-e, are the most recognizable Japanese art form. Their massive popularity has spread from Japan to be embraced by a worldwide audience. Covering the period from the beginning of the Japanese woodblock print in the 1680s until the year 1900, Japanese Woodblock Prints...
Graphic Idea Notebook
A Treasury of Solutions to Visual Problems
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
This updated edition of the much-heralded classic of page design offers surefire ideas and inspiration to anyone stuck with the task of designing cutting-edge printed material. This book is a collection of more than 2,000 visual "idea generators"-illustrations and line art-that visualize the various...
Art's principles
50 years of hard-learned lessons in building a world-class professional services firm
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Art's Principles reveals the blueprint behind one of the most successful professional services firms, giving career-minded individuals the tools they need to excel in business. The book covers the essentials of leadership, talent acquisition and operations, while outlining the creative strategies...
by Michael Fleishman
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Inspiring, practical, and supportive, How to Grow as an Illustrator helps artists find professional and personal support in the struggle to stay creative and make money in their field. Behind-the-scenes interviews with more than sixty of today’s most fascinating illustrators reveal how they have...
Jeff Wall
Picture for Women
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2011
Examining a work that marked the emergence of photography as an art made for the gallery wall instead of the printed page.
Jeff Wall's Picture for Women (1979) marks the transition of photography as an art form from the printed page to the gallery wall. Before this, photographs—from the orthodox...
"Only in America"
The Stimulating Life of a Street Artist
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
This is an anecdotal history of an art teacher who displayed his illustrations and paintings at art show and street fairs across America. In order to become successful in the art world he realized that he had to develop a unique style that had general appeal to everyone. After years of trial and error he finally achieved that goal.
Cezanne and the End of Impressionism
A Study of the Theory, Technique, and Critical Evaluation of Modern Art
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Drawing on a broad foundation in the history of nineteenth-century French art, Richard Shiff offers an innovative interpretation of Cézanne's painting. He shows how Cézanne's style met the emerging criteria of a "technique of originality" and how it satisfied critics sympathetic to symbolism...